Hi, This Strings taglib is not part of JSTL right? And if this is so I guess JSTL does not include this sort of string manipulation capability? Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Kettering" <ti...@mac.com> To: "Tag Libraries Users List" <ta...@jakarta.apache.org> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 12:17 AM Subject: Re: Is there a way to call java.lang.String.substring on a <c:out ? > > http://jakarta.apache.org/taglibs/doc/string-doc/intro.html > > I'd suggest using the Strings taglib. Its really very nice, and comes with > a whole lot of other goodies you can use as well, rather than making a > one-off bean method that does the same thing. > > <str:substring start="4" end="8"> > <c:out value="${param.name}"/></str:substring> > > Or something like that. > > > > So I would wrap the <c:out value="${}}"/> tag with a JSTL string taglib or > > perhaps a bean method that returns a string like so: > > > > <%= myBean.myStringMethod(<c:out value="${param.name}}"/>) %> > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Shawn Bayern" <ba...@essentially.net> > > To: "Tag Libraries Users List" <ta...@jakarta.apache.org> > > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 11:36 PM > > Subject: Re: Is there a way to call java.lang.String.substring on a <c: out > > ? > > > > > >> On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Stefan wrote: > >> > >>> So is there a way to extract a sub string from the result of a <c:out > >>> value="${}}"/> tag? > >> > >> No, not alone; you'd need to use the String Taglib or handle it with a > >> servlet or other custom Java logic (e.g., a bean or servlet). > >> > >> -- > >> Shawn Bayern > >> "JSTL in Action" http://www.jstlbook.com > >> > >> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <ma...@jakarta.apache.org> > >> For additional commands, e-mail: > > <ma...@jakarta.apache.org> > >> > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <ma...@jakarta.apache.org> > > For additional commands, e-mail: <ma...@jakarta.apache.org> > > > > -- > Tim Kettering > timster@mac.com > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <ma...@jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: <ma...@jakarta.apache.org> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <ma...@jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <ma...@jakarta.apache.org>